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Wootten & Stevens, pt. 4.

In 1977, the late Hugh B. Johnston abstracted a newly discovered volume of the records of Wootten and Stevens, the earliest undertaking firm in Wilson County. The result, Funeral Register of Wootten and Stevens, Undertakers of Wilson, North Carolina, November 18, 1896-June 27, 1899 is an unpublished manuscript held at Wilson County Public Library. This post is the fourth in a series abstracting the abstract for entries naming African-Americans.

Cooper, Rachel. Wilson. Colored. Died 7 August 1898, age 65 years, of old age. Length 6′. Cost $2.25. Billed to County Commissioners. Burial in Green Lassitercemetery. (Page 297)